“Why So Many SMEs Get Stuck at €1M–€5M Revenue” | Ed Murphy, Greentech HQ

About this episode

Ed Murphy discusses the challenges SMEs face in scaling and the role of founders in business growth.

🔔🔔 Ed Murphy explains why most businesses fail to scale, what franchising taught him about systems and growth, and why founders themselves are often the bottleneck inside their own companies 🔔🔔 Ed Murphy joins Business Builders for a fascinating conversation on scaling businesses, franchising, entrepreneurship, systems thinking, and the realities of building sustainable companies over decades. Ed is the founder of GreenTech HQ and one of Ireland’s most experienced franchise operators, having ...

People in this episode

Host: Conor Kearney

Guest: Ed Murphy

Topics covered

• scaling businesses
• franchising
• entrepreneurship
• systems thinking
• sustainable companies

Keywords

• SMEs
• scaling
• franchising
• entrepreneurship
• business growth
• systems thinking
• sustainable companies

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Organizations: Greentech HQ

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